“The latest national graduation number – 81 percent - shows that the country is continuing to make progress on increasing on-time high school graduation rates, and that means more young people will have the chance for a promising future,” said John Gomperts, president & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, leader of the GradNation campaign to reach a 90 percent on-time high school graduation rate by 2020.

This Monday millions of people across the country will give back to their communities in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. day of service. It’s critical to our nation’s future that this goodwill extends beyond today in the form of community service, problem solving, and constructive dialogue. That’s why America’s Promise Alliance has partnered with Meetup and a coalition of other partners including Corporation for National Community Service, Points of Light, and Citizen University to launch #MeetupMonday.